Numbers 1:18

And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
assembled	הִקְהִ֗ילוּ hik.Hi.lu	H6950	to convoke · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person common plural
congregation	הָעֵדָ֜ה ha.'e.Dah	H5712	a stated assemblage (specifically · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
together	קָהַל qâhal	H6950	to convoke
first	בְּאֶחָד֙ be.'e.Chad	H259	properly · preposition + cardinal number, feminine singular absolute
second	הַשֵּׁנִ֔י ha.she.Ni	H8145	properly · definite article + ordinal number, masculine singular absolute
month	לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ la.Cho.desh	H2320	the new moon · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
pedigrees	וַיִּתְיַֽלְד֥וּ vai.yit.yal.Du	H3205	to bear young · conjunction + verb, hithpael sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
families	מִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם mish.pe.cho.Tam	H4940	a family · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
house	לְבֵ֣ית le.Veit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
fathers	אֲבֹתָ֑ם 'a.vo.Tam	H1	father · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
number	בְּמִסְפַּ֣ר be.mis.Par	H4557	a number · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
names	שֵׁמ֗וֹת she.Mot	H8034	an appellation · noun, common feminine plural absolute
twenty	עֶשְׂרִ֥ים 'es.Rim	H6242	twenty · cardinal number, masculine plural absolute
years	שָׁנָ֛ה sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
old	מִבֶּ֨ן mi.Ben	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
upward	וָמַ֖עְלָה va.Ma'.lah	H4605	properly · conjunction + cardinal number, both genders singular absolute + directional suffix
polls	לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָֽם le.gul.ge.lo.Tam	H1538	a skull (as round) · preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Ezra 2:59 And these were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, and the…
Nehemiah 7:61 And these were they which went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house,…
Hebrews 7:3 Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abide…
Numbers 1:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in th…
Hebrews 7:6 But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 1:17-43

We have here the speedy execution of the orders given for the numbering of the people. It was begun the same day that the orders were given, The first day of the second month; compare Num 1:18 with Num 1:1. Note, When any work is to be done for God it is good to set about it quickly, while the sense of duty is strong and pressing. And, for aught that appears, it was but one day's work, for many other things were done between this and the twentieth day of this month, when they removed their camp, Num 10:11. Joab was almost ten months numbering the people in David's time (Sa2 24:8); but then they were dispersed, now they lived closely together; then Satan proposed the doing of it, now God comm…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 1:18

by their polls--individually, one by one.

John Gill on Numbers 1:18

And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month,.... The month Ijar, as the Targum of Jonathan, answering to part of April and May: this was done on the selfsame day the Lord spake unto Moses about this affair, Numbers 1:1; so expeditious were he and Aaron in doing the will of God: and they declared their pedigrees; either Moses and Aaron, according to Aben Ezra, who inquired when they were born, because of the computation of twenty years; and then their birth was wrote down, as he says; or rather the people declared their pedigrees, of what tribe, family, and house they were, who their parents, when born, and so, of course, how old they were; Jarchi in…

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John Calvin on Numbers 1:1-19

And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai Although this is the first numbering of the people, of which we have an account, still, inasmuch as God had already imposed a tax upon every person, the amount of which has been recorded, we infer that it was in fact the second. But the reason for thus numbering the people a second time was, because they were very soon about to remove their camp from the wilderness of Sinai to take posession of the promised land. Since, however, their impiety withheld thmn from doing so, there was a third census taken just before their actual entrance into the land, and with this object, that it might be obvious, on comparison, how marvellously the peo…

Dictionary and topics

Levites — (descendants of Levi). Sometimes the name extends to the whole tribe, the priests included, (Exodus 6:25; Leviticus 25:32; Numbers 35:2; Joshua 21:3,41) etc; sometimes only to those members of the…
Palestine — Originally denoted only the sea-coast of the land of Canaan inhabited by the Philistines (Ex. 15:14; Isa. 14:29, 31; Joel 3:4), and in this sense exclusively the Hebrew name Pelesheth (rendered…
Desert, Journey Of Israel Through The · Second numbering of the people — Second numbering of the people
Genealogy · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Month · .Israel — .Israel

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Numbers 1:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 1:17-43

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 1:18

John Gill on Numbers 1:18

John Calvin on Numbers 1:1-19

Dictionary and topics

Numbers 1:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 1:17-43

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 1:18

John Gill on Numbers 1:18

John Calvin on Numbers 1:1-19

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 1:17-47

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 1:17-46

Rashi on Numbers 1:18